Her third bridesmaid to back out was April Ryan, a White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks. Manigault and Ryan had a heated argument in the White House that required them to be separated before it became physical.
‘Let’s face it, many of her friends feel as though this whole Trump alliance is Omarosa being the quintessential opportunist. Everyone who knows her knows she was initially campaigning for Hillary Clinton at the beginning of her campaign and then jumped ship because Trump was paying her to help him.
‘They feel she sold her soul for financial gain and many of her diehard girlfriends are just disgusted by her,’ the source revealed.
Marrying Newman will make Manigault the First Lady of his Jacksonville church. That has apparently not sat well with members of his congregation, many of whom have been leaving the church for other local ministries in Jacksonville.
‘Pastor Newman is a staunch Democrat. He was even a spiritual adviser on the committee of ministers working on Hillary Clinton’s election campaign. His church membership doesn’t like the idea of their pastor marrying this Trump advocate who bashed President Barack Obama and believe Pastor Newman is using poor judgment by becoming her husband,’ a member of the church told DailyMail.com.
Manigault is also an ordained minister who served as the assistant pastor at Weller Street Baptist Church in Los Angeles, CA.
In February, the former star of The Apprentice and Celebrity Apprentice returned to Weller Street to preach her final sermon there. A group of protesters gathered outside of the church and marched while she spoke to the small congregation.
‘She was so rattled that the protesters had gathered outside the church. She kept telling people, ‘They’re disrespecting the house of God, I can’t believe they did this,’’ the source said.
Just days before that, security at a Nordstrom department store in Tyson’s Corner Center in McLean, Virginia had to escort Manigault to her car after several customers began shouting insults at her while she shopped with friends. According to the Washington Post, two of the women kept calling her ‘Trump’s w***e,’ in addition to other insults. ‘They were letting her have it,’ one eyewitness told the newspaper.
But Manigault has also received more serious correspondence from people who have threatened bodily harm. She regularly turns those messages over to White House security.